I'm still using MVP X6, though I'm trying to get to grips with Shotcut . . . not too successfully.
What attracted you to Shotcut (apart from its being free and open-source!) and what difficulties have you encountered? 
The other program that is tempting is DaVinci Resolve - free version.
]]>I wasn't aware I had to export my PagePlus codecs for re-use on my new PC so now I can only work with mov and wmf out of the box, which is pretty limiting. I can't export to mp4. I'm trying to add additional codecs but that seems to require having a sample file up front and that is if the software can find a codec for the file in media. It doesn't seem possible to load a 3rd party codec up front.
]]>I've recently tried NCH VideoPad, It's free to download and use, I got on with it fairly well, so I bought it, now everything works.
I put this little video up on youtube that I edited in VideoPad yesterday, the time it took I could have done in a fraction of the time with Movieplus, Exporting it to an Mp4 seemed to take forever but the quality is very good, This is the video, the early clips are from the late 1980's taken on an old 8mm shoulder mounted camera.
]]>I stumbled across this video from the BBC Archive Channel. It's a fascinating look at how to edit home videos back in 1987. To a man of 71, that seems just like yesterday, I do not think I could be bothered to edit anything using the equipment Sue Robbie was demonstrating. https://youtu.be/_cnQv8JCsX4
Wow Albert. Thanks for posting. This took me back to those days. I did quite a bit of editing this way. Laborious to be sure. Basically just “add-on” editing and music dubbing. My final project along these lines was to take about 30 years of 8mm footage and cut it down to about 90 minutes. I transferred the 8mm by doing an “optical transfer”, meaning that I used the video camera to shoot the projected image of the 8mm. The quality was weak but It was a family favorite as the kids grew up in a little over an hour.
]]>I'm still using MVP X6, though I'm trying to get to grips with Shotcut . . . not too successfully.
What attracted you to Shotcut (apart from its being free and open-source!) and what difficulties have you encountered?
I have had a lot of help from members of the Community Plus forum over the years
so thank you Alfred for setting up this forum.
Welcome, Stuart. Thank you for joining us.
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